Weaving frame



Oct. 12, 1948. c, FERGUsON 2,451,207

WEAVING FRAME Filed March 26, 1948 nventor 3 3 mil/s fe F81;

(litomeg Patented Oct. 12, 1 948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WEAVING FRAME Albert Clinton Ferguson, Jacksonville, Fla.

Application March 26, 1948, Serial No. 17,130

3 Claims. 1

The invention relates to weaving frames or looms, and has for its object to provide an adjustable frame of this kind, comprising side bars, the ends of each side bar having abutting engagement with sides of adjacent bars, and the abutting ends of the bars provided with tongues slidably mounted and adjustable in longitudinal slots extending transversely through each bar.

A further object is to provide screw threaded members extending through the tongues and in the planes thereof, and provided with thumb nuts for locking the bars against displacement after the frame has been adjusted to the desired size.

A further object is to provide an adjustable weaving frame, which frame may be quickly assembled from a plurality of side bars, and the side bars interengaged in a manner whereby they will not tilt in relation to each other under the strain of warp or Weft threads passing around the lugs or the bars and formed by spaced transverse kerfs in the bars.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of the frame, showing the frame adjusted to a desired size.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the ends of one of the bars.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral l designates four bars arranged in rectangular form, as shown in Figure 1 for a Weaving operation.

Bars l have one of their ends provided with reduced portions 2 which form transverse shoulders 3 adapted to abut sides of adjacent bars, so a rigid rectangular frame can be formed.

When warp and weft thread are passed through the kerfs 4 in the bars, there is a tendency to twist the bars, and to overcome this difficulty the reduced portions 2 extend through elongated openings 5 in each bar, clearly shown in Figure 2 2. It will be seen that any tendency to twisting is obviated. Anchored at 6 in one of the ends of each bar is a threaded member I, which members extend through the reduced portions 2, and the threaded members are preferably of no greater diameter than the members 2.

Referring to Figure 3, it will be seen that the reduced portions 2 are shorter than the width of the openings 5, therefore it will be seen that when the thumb nuts 8 are tightened against the washers 9, the shoulders 3 will be drawn into close abutting engagement with the sides of adjacent bars, therefore it will be seen that a rigid loom frame is provided which can be easily and quickly assembled 0r disassembled, and when assembled there is not a possibility of the bars tilting out of the same plane.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. A hand loom frame comprising a pluralit of bars, elongated transverse openings in said bars, each bar having one of its ends in end engagement with a side of an adjacent bar, said engaging ends of the bars having reduced portions extending through elongated transverse openings in the adjacent bars, threaded members extending longitudinally through the reduced portions of the bars and projecting beyond the outer sides of the adjacent bars and means threaded on said threaded members for drawing the engaging ends of the bars into close engagement with the sides of the adjacent bars.

2. A device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said threaded members are of substantially the same diameter as the thickness of the reduced portions of the bars.

3. A device as set forth in claim 1 wherein the reduced portions 011 the ends of the bars are shorter than the transverse width of the bars.

ALBERT CLINTON FERGUSON.

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